The State Duma of Russia will consider today in the third, final reading, the new edition of the Law “On Advertising”, which provides, in particular, to reduce its volume in television programs. According to plans, the total advertising time on the daily air should be reduced by 2008 from the current 25% to 15%.

Representatives of the Middle Eastern Four discussed the problem of Israel and the United States to terminate the financial assistance of the Palestinian autonomy in connection with the advent of the radical movement of Hamas. According to Tel Aviv Rovshan Huseynov, a special envoy of the Four (USA, UN, EU and Russia) James Wolfenson said that for two weeks, autonomy would go bankrupt.

Children from the Silkovsky district of Chechnya, who suffered from an unknown disease, will not be sent to Moscow - they will be examined on the spot by the doctors of the Serbsky Institute of Judicial Psychiatry. According to the chief physician of the Republican Children's Hospital Sultan Alimkhadzhiev, doctors may arrive in the coming days. The outbreak of the disease, mainly among schoolchildren, occurred in December. Several patients are still in serious condition.

The program is conducted by Arslan Saidov. The radio correspondent Freedom Karen Agamirov takes part. Arslan Saidov: The State Duma of Russia today at a plenary meeting adopted the law on advertising in the third final reading. The new document, in particular, tightens the requirements for the so -called "umbrella brands", when, for example, vodka is advertised under the guise of drinking water.

As in America, the possible consequences of the attack in the Shiite mosque are seen by the official Baku refusing direct negotiations with the leadership of the Nagorno-Karabakh International Tribunal in the Hague and the Serbia authorities do not confirm the detention of Ratko Mladic, the French government abandoned the idea of dismantling the Kryemanso Air Hameline Olympiad in Turin in Turin.

In Russia, the share of the so -called “shadow” wages not taxed by taxes is from 20 to 40%. This, referring to expert assessments, said yesterday as Deputy Minister of Finance Sergey Shatalov. The most real he considers the average value of such assessments.

In Belarus, a criminal case has been instituted on the fact of publication in the newspaper Zgoda cartoons at the Prophet Mohammed. According to the correspondent of Radio "Freedom", the editorial office was searched, some materials were seized. Employees of the State Security Committee of Belarus joined the investigation. In Russia, the Volgograd newspaper Gorodskoye Vesti and the publication of our region in Vologda are closed for the publication of caricatures.

In Yekaterinburg, the youth museum (the Museum of the History of the Komsomol and Youth Movement) is closed. The lawsuit for the building, not without the help of urban authorities, ended in favor of the RSM, as the successor of the Komsomol. About who is beneficial for the closure of the Museum of Youth and who stood behind this will be discussed in the Yekaterinburg hour of the morning information program "Time of Freedom". Guest: Vladimir Bykodorov, Director of the Museum of Youth (ECB).

Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili accused Russia of "inappropriate actions" in relation to his country. Speaking on Tuesday at a meeting of the National Security Council of Georgia, Saakashvili called the “Dragonovsky” decision on the termination of the issuance of entry visas to Russia to Russian citizens.

In the Iraqi city of Samarra, a powerful explosion occurred near the shrine of the Muslim Shiits - the tomb of Askaria. The building is damaged. The American and Iraqi military cordoned off the tomb. There are searches in the surrounding houses. There were no messages about the victims. In Iraq alone, at least 27 people died in Iraq as a result of explosions and attacks.

Tehran continues to maneuver. Head of the Iranian Foreign Ministry of Motaki in Brussels As expected, on February 23, the head of the Russian Federal District, Sergei Kiriyenko, will go to Tehran to continue consultations on the proposal of Moscow to create a joint venture for the enrichment of Uranus for the needs of the Iranian nuclear energy on its territory. Apparently, negotiations on this issue, held on Tuesday in Moscow, turned out to be low -contrasting.

The program is maintained by Andrei Shari. The Radio Liberty correspondent Dmitry Savitsky takes part . Andrei Shary : The French government abandoned the idea to dismantle the Klemanso Aircraft carrier in one of the ports of India, which was the flagship of the French Navy for many years.

The first matches of the ¼ finals were held in the European Cup among men's teams. In Greece, Dynamo from St. Petersburg beat the Marussi Athens club-64: 53. Khimki near Moscow on their site beat the Belgian Dexia-91:75, but the Rostov Lokomotiv at home lost to the Spanish Honntuda-54:88. The response matches will take place on February 23 and 24. The winners of the steam go to the Final Four.

IBM has improved optical lithography technology . According to the company, this will allow you to form a line on silicon plates with a step of less than 30 nanometers. Currently, most of the chips are made according to the technology of 90- and 65 nanometers. Many researchers were inclined to ensure that completely new methods are needed to create microcircuits in order to preserve the existing growth rate of the performance of microprocessors.

The final of the women's Olympic Kerling Tournament reached the national teams of Switzerland and Sweden. In the semifinals, Switzerland won 7: 5, and Sweden - Norway - 5: 4.